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Japan looks to anime and manga to save economy

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Here’s a story from The Guardian about how Japan’s Prime Minister (a self-proclaimed manga addict) hopes to raise production of Japanese manga, films, video games and pop music to help stimulate the economy.  This strategy is met with some skepticism: sales are down from the past decade due largely to the rise in popularity of free web comics.  

 What do you think will happen with a manga revival?Â